![]() ![]() You can follow him at And check out his art blog Veeptopus. Jonathan Crow is a Los Angeles-based writer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in Yahoo!, The Hollywood Reporter, and other publications. ADVERTISEMENT It has gone viral on social media, with scores of people. “Inemuri,” the Japanese Art of Taking Power Naps at Work, on the Subway, and Other Public Placeġ,000+ Historic Japanese Illustrated Books Digitized & Put Online by the Smithsonian: From the Edo & Meji Eras (1600-1912) You might be guilty of tsundoku, a Japanese word that describes the trend for buying books but never reading them. they have not quite made up their mind, are hesitant to buy the book. Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More Almost every potential reader will judge whether or not to buy and read your book. More than once I’ve discovered I already own an ebook copy of the hardback book I was thinking about buying. ![]() Scan all your unread Kindle ebooks and make a list of ten books you’d rather read now. You can contribute through PayPal, Patreon, Venmo and Crypto. If you still buy the book and don’t read it, let your punishment be making a handwritten list of all your unheard Audible books. A better term for what he’s talking about might be tsundoku, a Japanese word for a stack of books that you have purchased but not yet read. Elsewhere, Nassim Nicholas Taleb says Eco had realized that a private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool. It’s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your contributions will help us continue providing the best free cultural and educational materials to learners everywhere. I don’t see how that differs from an antilibrary. Eco knew he could never read all those books. If you would like to support the mission of Open Culture, consider making a donation to our site. If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newsletter, please find it here. Note: An earlier version of this post appeared on our site in July 2014. ![]() The illustration above was made when Redditor Wemedge asked his daughter to illustrate the word “Tsundoku,” and she did not disappoint. E-tsundoku? Tsunkindle? Visit our collection of Free eBooks and contemplate the matter for a while. Now if only we can figure out a word to describe unread ebooks that languish on your Kindle. According to Prof Gerstle, the 'tsun' in 'tsundoku' originates in 'tsumu' - a word meaning 'to pile up'. As with other Japanese words like karaoke, tsunami, and otaku, I think it’s high time that tsundoku enter the English language. Are you the type of person who loves to buy books, but doesnt quite get around to reading them In that case you may be engaging in what the Japanese call. The word 'doku' can be used as a verb to mean 'reading'. ![]()
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